Nápoles Velada

"Ferzan Özpetek's cinema" is getting worse. This is the best movie you can watch in theaters. If you are a conservative person,You may be disturbed by erotic scenes. I wasn't. :)

That was possibly the worst movie i have ever seen. films with gay and lesbian characters can do extremely well at the box-office, so director ozpetek tried to shock moviegoers with this "mysterious and sensational" movie at the cryptic and (do not know why) dark and decadent world of naples. this supposedly noir-erotic drama generated in me nothing but annoyance: napoli velata, promised steamy situations thanks to its title but plot only delivered boredom and predictability. what also makes this badly watchable is that ozpetek shoots every scene on a weird angle, so many actors were really, really ugly. it's impossible not to be somehow grossed out and a little bit puzzled that ozpetek tried to fulfill this ambition with an inexistent plot, static characters (I thought they had dark side... but they're just vulgar, sloppy, embarrassing) and ugly, coarse and melodramatic actors. i think that his view about naples is completely wrong and ultimately injurious.

One recommendation I'll start off with is watching this movie in the native Italian language with subtitles, because in my opinion, it just provides a much better movie experience. With that being said, there are some pretty disturbing scenes in this movie and I don't mind because I find comfort in being disturbed if you have thin skin be prepared. Overall this Director did a fairly good job with the poetic storytelling and the cinematic shots that helped tell that story. My final recommendation is this film deserves to thumbs up for its originality and creativity. This is a film that I would recommend to many people. This is a film that I would recommend to many people.

This is actually a great movie. Extremely poetical and suggesting in its photography, this movie has also a compelling plot and some good psychological insights.

It's probably at its best if watched in the original language, so as to appreciate Italian (expecially Naples') culture and images.

In theatre, they call it "suspending disbelief". That is an art of the audience of which many Americans have lost their talent. The Europeans, less so. If you are willing to suspend your disbelief; to play in the world of possibility, of love, of romance, of momentary insanity, and redemptive goodness, then this film is for you.

No, it doesn't hand you the answers on a silver platter, but what fun is knowing the certainty when the unknown, the mystery, is so rich in possibility?

For those willing and able to play, to be compassionate to, in brief, be a little more European, this film will please you in every aspect of the word.